diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index b52a461..248cadb 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,17 @@ ui:
   appSettings:
     hf_model_name: *model-name
     hf_model_instruction: "You are a helpful AI assistant. Please response appropriately."
+    # Use local system fonts by default to avoid GDPR issues
+    # with Gradio's defaults fonts which require fetching from
+    # the Google fonts API. To restore default Gradio theme
+    # fonts, remove the font and font-mono keys.
+    theme_params:
+      font:
+        - sans-serif
+        - Arial
+      font_mono:
+        - sans-serif
+        - Arial
   # Container image config
   image:
     repository: ghcr.io/stackhpc/azimuth-llm-ui-base
diff --git a/chart/web-app/config.py b/chart/web-app/config.py
index 6f7efe4..9e45ae5 100644
--- a/chart/web-app/config.py
+++ b/chart/web-app/config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from pydantic import Field, HttpUrl
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Union, List
 
 
 def get_k8s_namespace():
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class AppSettings(BaseSettings):
     # Variables explicitly passed to gradio.theme.Default()
     # For example:
     # {"primary_hue": "red"}
-    theme_params: dict[str, str] = Field(default_factory=dict)
+    theme_params: dict[str, Union[str, List[str]]] = Field(default_factory=dict)
     # Overrides for theme.body_background_fill property
     theme_background_colour: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
     # Custom page title colour override passed as CSS
diff --git a/chart/web-app/example-settings.yml b/chart/web-app/example-settings.yml
index 463cf66..2d9a6b7 100644
--- a/chart/web-app/example-settings.yml
+++ b/chart/web-app/example-settings.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
-backend_url: http://128.232.226.230
-hf_model_name: tiiuae/falcon-7b
+backend_url: http://localhost:8081
+hf_model_name: ise-uiuc/Magicoder-S-DS-6.7B
 
-hf_model_instruction: You are a helpful and cheerful AI assistant. Please respond appropriately.
+# model_instruction: You are a helpful and cheerful AI assistant. Please respond appropriately.
+
+page_description: "[Privacy statement](https://google.com)"
 
 # UI theming tweaks
 # theme_title_colour: white
 # theme_background_colour: "#00376c"
-# theme_params:
-#   primary_hue: blue
+theme_params:
+  # primary_hue: blue
+  font:
+  - sans-serif
+  font_mono:
+  - sans-serif
 
 # llm_max_tokens:
 # llm_temperature:
diff --git a/images/ui-base/Dockerfile b/images/ui-base/Dockerfile
index 689301c..222de27 100644
--- a/images/ui-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ui-base/Dockerfile
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ FROM python:3.11-slim
 ENV GRADIO_SERVER_PORT=7680
 
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY purge-google-fonts.sh purge-google-fonts.sh
+RUN bash purge-google-fonts.sh
diff --git a/images/ui-base/purge-google-fonts.sh b/images/ui-base/purge-google-fonts.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc6cc96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/ui-base/purge-google-fonts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+SOURCE_CODE_PATH=/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gradio/
+
+# Strip out preconnect directives from HTML <link> tags
+find $SOURCE_CODE_PATH -name "*.html" -type f -exec sed -i s!'rel="preconnect"'!!g {} \;
+
+# Replace hard-coded links in HTML templates with something harmless but identifiable
+declare -a LINKS=(
+    "https://fonts.gstatic.com"
+    "https://fonts.googleapis.com"
+    "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/iframe-resizer/.*/iframeResizer.contentWindow.min.js"
+)
+REPLACEMENT="external-url-removed-for-gdpr-compliance"
+for item in "${LINKS[@]}"; do
+    find $SOURCE_CODE_PATH -name "*.html" -type f -exec sed -i s!$item!$REPLACEMENT!g {} \;
+done